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Contents:

• ORLANDO CZ: THE GAY BOXER WHO IS BREAKG BARRIERS
• HELL’S KCHEN WEL OLD FAVOR — GAY BARS BOXERS AND 9TH AVENUE SALOON ARE COMG BACK
• BOXERS GAY SPORTS BAR HAS FOUND SUCCS NEW YORK AND BEYOND
• GAY SPORTS BAR
• A GAYBORHOOD BAR SAID CLOSED ‘DUE TO HATE.’ THE FULL STORY IS MORE PLITED.

ORLANDO CZ: THE GAY BOXER WHO IS BREAKG BARRIERS

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTA Prizefighter’s Double Life, at Madison Square Garn and at StonewallA new opera productn at the Met explor the life and tragic reer of the gay boxer Ee Griffh, a welterweight champn. Photographs om the personal llectn of Willson Lee Henrson, on the right of the bottom and far right imag, who was iends wh Ee Griffh, Vazquez for The New York TimIn the 1960s, Ee Griffh was a boxg star, known for his speed and punchg power, wh a regular prence at Madison Square neighborhoods near the Garn, he let his other si show, one of flashy outfs and unapologetic swagger, where he equented his favore gay bars and Griffh kept his two worlds separate.

“He was livg a double life, two liv, night and day, ” said Willson Lee Henrson, a gay rights activist who said he met Mr. Griffh early 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, the famo gay bar Greenwich Village, several months before a police raid touched off the Stonewall Rebelln and the morn gay rights boxer, who died 2013 at 75 om kidney failure and plitns of mentia, was known at the Stonewall for his open shirts and gold chas. Griffh unleashed a fatal barrage of punch the 12th round agast an opponent who had tnted him wh a homophobic slur.

HELL’S KCHEN WEL OLD FAVOR — GAY BARS BOXERS AND 9TH AVENUE SALOON ARE COMG BACK

Griffh never shied away om equentg gay clubs. That ma him a source of enarment and pri for the gay muny pecially as police raids, prsure and harassment ntued the late 1960s, said Mr.

“He was a pneer gay rights behd the scen but was never acknowledged for , ” Mr.

“He was never given cred by the gay muny or the sports muny, so he missed out on both. “In the ‘60s, beg gay wasn’t the most popular thg, and beg gay boxg culture was like sacrilege, ” said Michael Bentt, 58, a former world heavyweight champn and an actor who was iendly wh Mr. “I mentned that there was this gay boxer who was an outst many muni and was loved other muni, ” said Mr.

BOXERS GAY SPORTS BAR HAS FOUND SUCCS NEW YORK AND BEYOND

Griffh a mockg lisp and lled him “maricón, ” a Spanish anti-gay slur that enraged Mr. ”A boxer wh style and panache‘He went to the nightclubs, drag clubs, gay bars and he took all ’Mr.

GAY SPORTS BAR

Griffh equented gay bars and clubs midtown like L Jard, the Gild Grape and Better Days.

A GAYBORHOOD BAR SAID CLOSED ‘DUE TO HATE.’ THE FULL STORY IS MORE PLITED.

“He went to the nightclubs, drag clubs, gay bars and he took all , ” said Jam Robson, the opera’s director.